FAR 03 - Cash and Cash Equivalents

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CASH & CASH EQUIVALENTS

KARIM G. ABITAGO, CPA

Cash & Cash Equivalents Composition & Other Topics

Cash
Definition
Cash includes money and any other negotiable instrument that is payable in money and acceptable by the bank for
deposit and immediate credit.
Recognition
Since there is no specific standard governing cash and cash equivalents, the related standard is ". The only
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guidance is found in PAS 1, paragraph 66, which provides that "an entity shall classify an asset as current when it is
cash or a cash equivalent unless it is restricted from being exchanged or used to settle a liability for at least twelve
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months after the end of reporting period." In conclusion, to report an item as part of cash, it should be
UNRESTRICTED IN USE.
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Measurement
Item Measurement
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Cash in local currency at face value
Cash in foreign currency at face value but translated to Philippine Peso
using closing rate at year-end
Cash in closed bank or banks in bankruptcy estimated realizable value
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Composition
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To properly understand the composition of cash, we will group its parts into three (3): cash on hand, cash in bank
and cash fund.
Part of
Category Items Classification
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cash?
Coins and
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currencies
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Normal customer's
✔
checks
Cashiers',
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Managers' & ✔
Travelers' check
drawn by the entity ✔ revert to payable
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Cash on Checks Undelivered &

Post-dated checks drawn by another person
Hand x receivable
or entity
revert to payable /
drawn by the entity ✔
other income
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Stale checks
drawn by another person
x receivable
or entity
Money order ✔
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Other instruments
Bank drafts ✔
(Non-interest
Demand deposit ✔
bearing)
Savings deposit (Interest bearing) ✔
Cash in
Escrow deposit (Interest bearing) x long-term investment
bank
Time deposit (Interest bearing) x cash equivalent
Compensating unrestricted/informal * if
✔
balance silent
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restriction is more
than 12 months -
long-term investments
restricted/formal x
restriction is 12
months or less - short-
term investments
General rule & if
x current liability
silent
exceptions: (a) 2 or
offset from other bank
Bank overdraft more accounts with
accounts
the same bank (✔)
offset from other cash
(b) immaterial
accounts
current asset
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✔
for asset acquisition
non-current asset X long-term investment
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Examples: change fund;
for use in payroll fund, revolving
✔
operations fund, petty cash fund;
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travel fund
Cash fund
Examples: interest fund;
current liability ✔
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dividend fund; tax fund
for settlement of Examples: pension fund;
liabilities contingent fund;
non-current liability x long-term investment
insurance fund; bond
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sinking fund
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Accounting for Petty Cash Fund
Petty cash fund is money set aside to defray relatively small amount of cash disbursements. Petty cash fund may
be accounted for using the following methods:
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(a) Imprest fund system (b) Fluctuating fund system
Summary of journal entries

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Imprest Fund System Fluctuating Fund System

A. Establishment Petty cash fund xx Petty cash fund xx
Cash in bank xx Cash in bank xx
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B. Payment of expense Memo entry only Expenses xx

Petty cash fund xx
C. Replenishment Expenses xx Petty cash fund xx
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D. A.E for unreplenished fund Expenses xx No entry

Expenses xx
E. Increase in the fund Petty cash fund xx Petty cash fund xx
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F. Decrease in the fund Cash in bank xx Cash in bank xx

Petty cash fund xx Petty cash fund xx
Other Topics
Fraudulent activities in cash
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(a) Lapping - consists of misappropriating a collection from one customer and concealing this defalcation when
collection is made from another customer.
(b) Window dressing - is a practice of opening the books of accounts beyond the close of the accounting period for the
purpose of showing a better financial position and performance. Window dressing is usually perpetrated as follows:
(1) By recording as of the last day of the accounting period collections made subsequent to the close of the period.
(2) By recording as of the last day of the accounting period payments of accounts made subsequent to the close of
the period.
(c) Kiting - is a transfer of cash from one bank to another bank. Kiting is usually employed at the end of the month.
Kiting occurs when a check is drawn against a first bank and depositing the same check in a second bank to cover
the shortage in the latter bank.


Accounting for cash shortage and overage

Summary of journal entries
Cash Shortage Cash Overage
A. Upon discovery Cash short / over xx Cash on hand xx
Cash on hand xx Cash short / over xx
B. Upon investigation Due from cashier xx Cash short / over xx
(cashier is accountable) Cash short / over xx Due to cashier xx
C. Upon investigation Loss from shortage xx Cash short / over xx
(cannot trace anymore) Cash short / over xx Other income xx
Cash Equivalents
Definition
PAS 7, paragraph 6, defines cash equivalents as short-term and highly liquid investments that are readily
convertible into cash and so near their maturity that they present insignificant risk of changes in value because of
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changes in interest rates.
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Recognition
Only debt instruments acquired within 3 months or less before their maturity date can qualify as cash equivalents.
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Note: Equity securities cannot qualify as cash equivalents since they do not have maturity date, except redeemable
preference shares (with mandatory redemption) that are acquired 3 months before their redemption date can qualify
as cash equivalents.
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Composition
Examples of cash equivalents are:
(a) Time deposit
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(b) Money market instrument or commercial paper
(c) Treasury bills
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NOTE:
(1) If an item cannot be included as cash equivalent because it did not qualify the cut-off time period, it will be
classified as investments, short-term or long-term, depending on the period up to maturity.
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(2) If the problem is silent with regards to the above items (a-c), they are classified as cash equivalents.
Bank Reconciliation
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Definition
A bank reconciliation is a statement which brings into agreement the cash balance per book and cash balance per
bank. It is usually prepared monthly because the bank provides the depositor with the bank statement at the end of
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every month.
The source document for bank reconciliation is the bank statement coming from the bank.
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A bank statement is a monthly report of the bank to the depositor showing the cash balance per bank at the
beginning, the deposits acknowledged, the checks paid, other charges and credits and the daily cash balance per
bank during the month. Actually, the bank statement is an exact copy of the depositors ledger in the records of the
bank.
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Forms of bank reconciliation

1. Adjusted balance method - Under this method, the book balance and the bank balance are brought to a
correct cash balance that must appear on the balance sheet.
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2. Book to bank method - Under this method, the book balance is reconciled with the bank balance or the book
balance is adjusted to equal the bank balance.
3. Bank to book method - Under this method, the bank balance is reconciled with the book balance or the bank
balance is adjusted to equal the book balance.
NOTE: The above methods are not independent methods, they are inter-related. For a simpler computation, the
suggested solution format below is based on the adjusted balance method.
Solution guide for bank reconciliation

Unadjusted balance per book/ledger xx Unadjusted balance per bank xx
Add: Credit Memos xx Add: Deposit in transit xx
Less: Debit Memos (xx) Less: Outstanding checks (xx)
+/- Errors xx +/- Errors xx
(xx) (xx)
Adjusted balance xx Adjusted balance xx


Note: Errors are to be added or deducted by the party who committed the error based on its nature. The following is
a guide on the treatment of the errors.
Treatment
Nature of the error Understatement Overstatement
Error on receipt (collection) Added Deducted
Error on disbursement (payment) Deducted Added
Based on the guide above, we can say the receipts or collections directly affect cash while disbursements or
payments inversely affect cash.
Proof of cash
A proof of cash is an expanded reconciliation in that it includes proof of receipts and disbursements. This approach
may be useful in discovering possible discrepancies in handling cash particularly when cash receipts have been
recorded but have not been deposited.
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In answering proof of cash, always bear in mind that it is just expanded bank reconciliation. You need the concept
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you absorbed from the previous topic in answering this topics questions. Follow these basis steps in answering
proof of cash questions.
Step 1: Analyze the beginning and ending column of the format as if it is bank reconciliation.
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Step 2: Analyze the middle columns based on the nature of the item.
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DISCUSSION EXERCISES
STRAIGHT PROBLEMS
1. At December 31, 2019, SACRED WARRIOR CORP. reported the following as composition of its Cash and Cash
Equivalents line item in its Statement of Financial Position:
Cash on hand P300,000
Cash in bank – URSA BANK 400,000
Cash in bank – MOGUL BANK (30,000)
Manager’s check 50,000
Time deposit – URSA BANK 2,000,000
Postage stamps 10,000
Escrow deposit 100,000
Demand deposit – VOID BANK 300,000
Payroll account – VOID BANK 500,000
Treasury note 50,000
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Treasury shares 90,000
Treasury bills purchased 12/25/2019 maturing 4/1/2020 120,000
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Cash in bank – DOTA BANK 300,000
Cash in bank – MOBA BANK 150,000
Money market placement due 6/2/2020 100,000
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Money market placement due 2/5/2020 80,000
Revolving fund 40,000
Contingency fund 30,000
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Payroll fund 100,000
Dividend fund 40,000
Fund for acquisition of PPE 200,000
Unused credit line 100,000
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Post-dated check, customer 60,000
lOUs from employees 90,000
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Foreign bank account - unrestricted (in equivalent pesos) 200,000
Petty cash fund 50,000
Traveler's check 200,000
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(a) Accounts payable of P16,400 was paid in January 2018. The payments on which a P1,400 cash discount has
been taken were recorded on cash on hand in the December 31, 2019.
(b) Drawn against cash in URSA bank were check amounting to P40,000 dated December 26, 2019 still on one
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of the drawer of the accountant in the treasury department.

(c) Demand deposit to VOID bank is restricted for the company’s plant expansion next year.
(d) Cash in bank in DOTA BANK includes an informal compensating balance of P40,000 for long-term borrowing
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arrangement.
(e) Cash in bank in MOBA BANK includes restricted compensating balance of P50,000 for short-term borrowing
arrangement.
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(f) The petty cash fund included unreplenished December 2019 petty cash expense vouchers for P15,000.
REQUIREMENT(S): (1) Determine the amount of cash for the year ended 2019. (2) How much is to be reported as
Cash and Cash equivalents in the Statement of Financial Position as of December 31, 2019?
2. The following information was provided by RAIGOR INC. in preparing its current month’s bank reconciliation:
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Balance per bank statement 9/30/2019 2,000,000

Outstanding checks (with certified check of P100,000) 400,000
Deposit placed in the bank's night depository on September 30 600,000
Bank service charge 10,000
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Proceeds of bank loan not recorded by RAIGOR 100,000

Customer’s check charged by the bank due to lack of counter signature 20,000
Amount erroneously credited by bank to RAIGOR's account 50,000
A supplier check for P10,000 was incorrectly recorded by RAIGOR as 100,000
Notes collected by the bank for RAIGOR 150,000
A customer check for P150,000 was incorrectly recorder by RAIGOR as 15,000
NSF checks not recorded on books nor redeposited 25,000
Check of RIGID CORP. charged by the bank to RAIGOR INC. 60,000
Deposit of RAIGOR INC. credited by the bank to RAIGEE INC. 100,000
Check issued by RAIGOR INC. charged by the bank to RAINOR CORP. 40,000
REQUIREMENT(S): (1) How much is the adjusted cash in bank balance for the month of September? (2) What is
the unadjusted balance per book at the end of September?


3. MOGUL CORP. provided the following bank reconciliation on August 31:

Balance per bank statement P1,500,000
Deposits outstanding 300,000
Checks outstanding (180,000)
Errors 70,000
Adjusted cash balance P1,690,000
Balance per ledger P1,575,000
Credit Memos 250,000
NSF Checks not recorded nor redeposited (90,000)
Bank service charge (5,000)
Errors (40,000)
Adjusted cash balance P1,690,000
Other Information pertaining to August:
• Book errors comprised an over-recording of customer check of P100,000 and over-recording of disbursement
of P60,000.
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• Bank error was actually an erroneous debit in the account of the company.
The following are data pertaining to September:
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Receipts per ledger 1,600,000
Disbursements per ledger 700,000
Credit Memos 150,000
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NSF Checks redeposited immediately 50,000
NSF Checks not recorded nor redeposited 40,000
Outstanding Checks 100,000
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Deposit in Transit 280,000
Bank Service Charges 10,000
Error in recording customer check amounting to P100,000 as 10,000
Deposit of MOGAL CORP. credited to company’s account 110,000
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Check issued by MOGUL charged by the bank to MIGUL 60,000
Customer check amounting to 15,000 recorded by MOGUL as 150,000
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Erroneous charge by the bank to MOGUL’s account amounting to 40,000
REQUIREMENT(S): Compute for the following:
(a) Adjusted cash in bank balance at the end of August
(b) Adjusted cash receipts of September
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(c) Adjusted cash disbursements of September

(d) Adjusted cash in bank balance at the end of September
(e) Unadjusted balance per bank statement for September
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(f) Unadjusted bank receipts of September

(g) Unadjusted bank disbusements of September
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4. The following information was available for the current month’s cash in bank balance of BALANAR CORP:
Book debits in March P550,000
Bank credits in March 600,000
Book credits in March 250,000
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Bank debits in March 300,000

Interest income on deposits in February recorded on March 10,000
Collection of note receivable by the bank of February recorded on March 150,000
Interest income on deposits for March 12,000
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Note receivable collected on March 100,000

Bank service charge – February 20,000
Bank service charge – March 25,000
Deposit in transit – February 120,000
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Outstanding checks – February 100,000

Summary of Errors
Overstatement on book receipts – February 15,000
Overstatement on book receipts – March 20,000
Customer check for P50,000 recorded by BALANAR on February as 5,000
Customer check for P100,000 recorded by BALANAR on March as 10,000
Overstatement on book disbursements – February 30,000
Overstatement on book disbursements – March 25,000
Supplier check for P150,000 recorded by BALANAR on February as 15,000
Supplier check for P90,000 recorded by BALANAR on February as 20,000
Overstatement on bank receipts – February 30,000
Overstatement on bank receipts – March 40,000
REQUIREMENT(S): (1) Compute the deposit in transit for the month of March. (2) Compute the outstanding checks
for the month of March.


MULTIPLE CHOICE (THEORIES)

1. S1: The basic requirement for cash and cash equivalent is for it to be restricted for use.
S2: Money which is not legal tender can be part of cash.
A. True, false C. False, false
B. False, true D. True, true
2. At the end of the current year, an entity had various checks and papers in the safe. Which of the following should
not be included in "cash" in the current year-end statement of financial position?
A. US $20,000 cash.
B. Past due promissory note issued in favor of the entity by the President.
C. The entitys undelivered check payable to a supplier dated December 31 of the current year.
D. Another entitys P150,000 check payable to the entity dated December 15 of the current year.
3. Which of the following is not a cash item?
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I. Demand deposit
II. Customer post-dated checks
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III. Time deposit
A. I and II D. I, II and III
B. II and III E. Answer not given
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C. I and III
4. In relation to cash equivalents, determine whether the following statements are true or false:
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S1: Redeemable preference shares can never be part of cash equivalents since they are equity instruments.
S2: If a debt instrument cannot be included as cash equivalent because it is acquired 4 months before its maturity
date, it is still part of the current assets of the company.
S3: Cash equivalents should be measured at maturity value, meaning face value plus interest.
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A. True, false, false D. False, true, true
B. False, true, false E. Answer not given
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C. True, true, false
5. In replenishing a petty cash fund, which one of the following entries required?
A. Debit Petty Cash, credit Cash in bank
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B. Debit individual expense accounts, credit Cash in bank

C. Debit Petty Cash, credit individual expense accounts
D. Debit Cash in bank, credit Petty Cash
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6. In relation to cash and cash equivalent, which of the following statements are true or false?
I. Checks are always presented as part of cash.
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II. Checks drawn which are post-dated should be reverted back to cash even if the checks are already delivered
to the payees.
III. An entity acquires an investment in debt securities on November 30, 20x1: The debt securities mature on
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January 31, 20x2. The debt securities qualify to be presented as part of cash equivalents on the entitys 20x1
financial statements.
IV. A compensating balance that is legally restricted as to withdrawal cannot be included as part of cash and
cash equivalents but can be presented as current asset.
A. B. C. D.
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Statement I False True False False

Statement II False True True True
Statement III True True True True
Statement IV True False True False
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7. Which of the following may be used to compute for the adjusted balance of cash?
A. Balance per bank statement + Deposits in transit – Outstanding checks - Erroneous credit to the account
made by the bank
B. Balance per bank statement + Deposits in transit – Outstanding checks + Erroneous credit to the account
made by the bank
C. Balance per bank statement + Deposits in transit – Outstanding checks - Erroneous debit to the account
made by the bank
D. Balance per bank statement + Deposits in transit – Outstanding checks, net of certified checks Erroneous
credit to the account made by the bank


8. Which of the following statements in relation to bank reconciliation is true?

A. The cash amount reported in the statement of financial position must be the balance reported in the bank
statement.
B. Credit memos will cause the cash balance per ledger to be higher than that reported by the bank, all other
things being equal.
C. Bank service charge will cause the cash balance per ledger to be higher than that reported by the bank, all
other things being equal.
D. Outstanding checks will cause the cash balance per ledger to be greater than the balance reported by the
bank, all other things being equal.
9. The adjusting entries for a bank reconciliation

A. Are taken from the "balance per bank" section only.
B. May include a debit to office expense for bank service charge.
C. May include a debit to accounts payable for an NSF customer check.
D. May include a credit to accounts receivable for an NSF customer check.
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10. When preparing a proof of cash, a credit memo from the previous month is
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A. extended to the book receipts column as an addition
B. extended to the bank receipts column as an addition
C. extended to the book receipts column as a deduction
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D. not extended in any of the book columns
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CASH & CASH EQUIVALENTS

CASH & CASH EQUIVALENTS

Cash & Cash Equivalents Composition & Other Topics

Cash on Checks Undelivered &

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(a) Imprest fund system (b) Fluctuating fund system

Summary of journal entries

Imprest Fund System Fluctuating Fund System

B. Payment of expense Memo entry only Expenses xx

D. A.E for unreplenished fund Expenses xx No entry

F. Decrease in the fund Cash in bank xx Cash in bank xx

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Accounting for cash shortage and overage

Forms of bank reconciliation

Solution guide for bank reconciliation

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of the drawer of the accountant in the treasury department.

Balance per bank statement 9/30/2019 2,000,000

Proceeds of bank loan not recorded by RAIGOR 100,000

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3. MOGUL CORP. provided the following bank reconciliation on August 31:

(c) Adjusted cash disbursements of September

(f) Unadjusted bank receipts of September

Bank debits in March 300,000

Note receivable collected on March 100,000

Outstanding checks – February 100,000

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MULTIPLE CHOICE (THEORIES)

3. Which of the following is not a cash item?

B. Debit individual expense accounts, credit Cash in bank

Statement I False True False False

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8. Which of the following statements in relation to bank reconciliation is true?

9. The adjusting entries for a bank reconciliation

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